😈 MARK EVANS RECALLS THE TIME AC/DC WERE KICKED OFF THEIR 1977 EUROPEAN TOUR WITH BLACK SABBATH. 

Geezer pulled out a small knife, Malcolm wasn't impressed so he pulled out a bigger knife and said "that's not a knife, there's a knife"

i wanna hear about Bon and Ozzy out drinkin

Nobody knows exactly what happened between Geezer and Malcolm. The story keeps changing with everyone who tells it.

Mark Evans wrote a memoir about his time in AC/DC called 'Dirty Deeds'. I highly recommend it for a real grass roots insight into the early days of the band and their first forays into international acclaim. My favourite bit was when he and Bon were in Paris and the sun was coming up after a verrry long night. Bon looked out from their hotel balcony, saw the Eiffel Tower, turned to Mark and said, "You know, they've got one of those in France as well."

Imagine partying with bon and ozzy, holy shit

Bon Scott was actually a very tough fighter here in Australia back in his day. There are legendary Bar fights with Bon that are circling around.

Yes it's true Malcolm was drinking and Geezer did pull the knife , those days in Australia if anyone pulled a knife they were seen as a coward , so Malcolm dropped him , height has nothing to do with it , when drinking only fists were thrown and the next day it's forgotten , so anyway Malcolm was on the tour bus the next day and jumped off as they were passing the same pub , he went there to apologise to Geezer but only Ozzy was there , when Malcolm explained what happened Ozzy laughed and said Geezer deserved it because he did it many times to intimidate people and Ozzy warned him one day someone is going to flatten you , very amusing it was by someone half his height .

Ac/Dc is not a heavy metal band.. They are a rock and roll band. SMH

Gr8 interview & insight

Two of my favorite bands ever!!! We will never know. Just glad they tour together. What a show!!! 🎸

AC/DC isn't heavy metal, they are hard rock. Black Sabbath is the heavy metal band, may not be the heaviest in today's standards, but still fall in that category.

Great interview !!!

Thank You for sharing

Height has nothing to do with it. Smaller guys are usually a lot more scrappy when it comes to fighting. But nobody was hit during this. It was more of Mal going wtf when Geezer pulled the knife. Geezer said he was just playing with his new knife and Mal took it the wrong way and that was it. Angus said Mal got it away after Geezer flashed the knife to him and felt bad and was going to apologize the next day and Ozzy said to Mal “Him and that knife! Tell him to fuck off!” And Mal said he took it away from Geezer and Ozzy was there and just said “go to bed.” Id go more with Angus’ story because he tended to stay sober over all the years.

I really enjoy Black Sabbath's music. I like AC/DC's music. If I had to pick sides, I'd side with Black Sabbath. However, why would AC/DC lose touring dates with Sabbath if that's all that happened, Geezer?

Saw both bands at the Easter Rock Festival in Germany in 77.

Mal didn't knock geezer out, he just took his knife away and said ,,What are you gonna do know?"

Ppl making the mistake here of saying a lil guy cant fight a big guy,as a big guy i call bull shit , being bigs no promise you can fight folks

During the Tour Geezer made fun of Angus' size and especially how short Mal was, but Malcolm couldn't take it and made it clear that he wasn't going to put up with that and did it the old fashioned, bare-knuckle fight. In some places it is said: Never tease a little one because they are fast, furious and you can go wrong, very wrong. Geezer knows.

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These bands, only when these bands collide, I can't never let my heart choose a side..

Ozzy and Bon in the Reeperbahn?! Cool. I have leather pants I bought there. It's a very cool part of Hamburg Germany. There are bars, strip clubs, crazy stores, a red light district isn't far away, and even the Beetles played there. My pants came from the store the Beetles bough their leather pants in, Paul Hundertmark. Great place, I'd love to go back again!

Got to see both in concert.

Hmmm ... whom to believe ... unfortunately one is no longer around to clear the air.

There was an altercation but I don’t know if this story is true because there seems to be a lack of witnesses

Two bands changed my life!!!

So according to Geezer AC/DC got kicked of the tour for what exactly?

Well, that's 5 minutes and 37 seconds of my life I won't get back... What a non story.

The full story according to Geezer is in his book "Into the Void". Worth a read.

I have heard that those AC/DC boys used to have the odd scrap. That would be hilarious to watch, considering that the total height of all members has never exceeded 21 feet.

Nothing more dangerous than a 5ft 1 Glaswegian.

When the Young's moved from Glasgow to Australia. They basically had to fight to survive. As they were picked on for having a Scottish accent. I pretty sure wee Malcolm could handle himself. Wether this actually happen.. Who know's?

As usual, we have two polar opposite stories told by both camps. Only thing is this wasn't coming from Malcolm Young himself, but instead his former bandmate.

I know who Id believe - Malcolm Young - he probably did say - "you think youre big with that flick knife" - and then it was on - good on you Malcolm!!!

Oh that's funny. Geezer butler does come off as a bit of a wander so would love to have seen it...lol

The voice says that Mark Evans was the bassist from 1975 to 1977,subtitles-not survey of Family Feud memories-says "from 1970 to 1975".Which one?Guess Evans sang "What i like about you"..

Any money says Geezer's playing the whole thing down and little tiny Malcolm knocked him into the middle of next week.

I knew SABBATH from 1972 till now . I been a acquainted friend of Tony Iommi and I can say for what I know about Geezer that would have been so out of character for him . I really. don't believe that happened with the knife story.

Alcohol brings out the worst in people so there you go. I saw ACDC open up for Y&T in 77. They were not famous. In that situation, you need to be as respectful as possible. Making comments about someone else's possession of a knife is not cool.

I’m trying to picture some Australian bureaucrats telling AC/DC to put on their masks and show a vaccine passport!! What a weird place Australia has become.

ACDC AND BLACK SABBATH two equally great

So if nobody got hurt, was AC/DC kicked off the tour or not? I'm confused after Geezer's recollection - which I believe over Malcolm's. Geezer was my next crush after Bobby Sherman - oh wait, Mark Farner was in between there. I still have a crush on Geezer.

English fight: You must think you’re big. What are you talking about? Wooooooo....

I've read in a couple different bios that it happened differently and nobody hit anybody. It was a misunderstanding betweens 2 drunk guys. Geezer was fooling around with a switch blade and Malcolm took it as a threat. A few words were exchanged and that was it. I tend to believe what I have read

Acdc and Black Sabbath are amazing bands. But remember Acdc is hard rock. But b you are right with Black Sabbath being heavy metal considering the fact sabbath is the godfather and creator of metal

Another tall tale from the road. What's the truth? Who knows. I don't know about Geezer but Malcolm wasn't a big guy at all; none of the AC/DC guys were but even still, I bet he could handle himself OK. When those guys were cutting their teeth back in the day down under, it weren't upscale clubs they were playing in so I'll bet there were more than a few scraps along the way. Coming up like that, you learn how to take care of yourself quick.

I immediately felt bad for the employees of whatever establishment OZZY AND BON SCOTT decided to go "have a drink" together in.

Did he punch him in the knee cap ?

AC/DC is not heavy metal. They rock unlike heavy metal bands.

Wow Chris Slade was already 31 in 1977

I’m an older-age Aussie...and this is the first I’ve heard of this incident.Black Sabbath is my fav..heavy..band....AC/DC...top 3-5.I reacon it’s real simple...geezer was pissed and f’ing round with a switch....Malcolm..went into a sort of..PTSD leap of mood....and cracked..geeezer on the jaw.Beside..Malcolm’s rough up bringing as a small guy in..Scotland and then Australia....you have to understand that in ..Aust..in the pub crowd of the 70’s..knifes were considered..cowardly...nazi-like...the same as ..kicking a guy in a fist-fight(doesn’t apply today)...so..Malcolm probably would have gone..f’ this for a joke.Both..Bon especially...and..Malcolm..were known as fierce bar- fighters...when all bets were off....win or lose didn’t matter.

"Who hit who" Should be released.

This is why Evans got booted from AC DC in 1977.

He hasn't a clue what happened.

It was 45 years ago who cares?

Malcolm showed Geezer he's T N.T. dynamite 😂😂

Geez er remembered punch’s flying around woke with a policeman in his ear asking who the fuck are u lmoa

Angus said malcolm young took the knife off geezer. Ozzy said he told geezer to put the knife away. 3 difficult stories so far .

I heard a story that Rick neilson of cheap trick KO’d slash of GNR

I wish Chris Slade joined AC/DC in 1982/3 he would have been 36!!! He would have been the better fit oh well!!! We can only dream

Yeah like geezer would admit to getting knocked the fuck out by someone who only stood 5'2

He must’ve been a small bloke. Years ago I stopped guys giving Bon Scott a hiding after a concert. None of the other band members showed any bravery I can tell you.

Scot? Osbourne? Your bond's been posted. You're free to go. Don't come back.

The story goes that Geezer had one of those combs that would spring open like a switch knife and Geezer did that to Malcolm and Malcolm punched him. I mean, what is with these Australians and their fighting all the time? And calling people they don’t like “cunt”? If you are not in their little cliche…they don’t know how to have fun with anybody.

I CALL BULL SHIT !

Where there's smoke, there's fire. You don't get kicked off of a tour, after it has already started, without some event transpiring that forces the removal of an opening act. There are millions of dollars at stake. Having said that, the event that could've gotten ACDC removed from the tour might have been Black Sabbath getting smoked off stage by the opening act's performances. Black Sabbath hated to have any real competition to follow and their lustre had tarnished by this point in time. The other event that could've gotten ACDC thrown off the tour was the 'toxic twins' angle of Bon and Ozzy. If there were too many of those drunken escapades, that would have caused management to step in and intervene.

I don't know who to believe honestly, cos in 1977... Geezer Butler was heavily into drugs & booze. Gene Simmons recalled Geezer freaking out & running off when he greeted the Sabbath bassist in his 'demon' makeup & costume. This was when Kiss opened for Sabbath around 1975(?) Malcolm Young on the other hand was always smashed on booze, even in the early days... it got particularly bad by the 80's. Love both bands, respect both musicians... but it's hard to know what really happened when both guys are trashed on alcohol... Mark Evans did admit that his brash, drunken behavior likely cost him his gig w/ AC/DC in 1977, but we got bassist Cliff Williams 🤘🤘

Why do people INSIST on calling BOTH AC/DC and Sabbath "HEAVY METAL" ... neither band like the term or classify themselves as anything other than HARD ROCK!

I've read several Black Sabbath books and a couple of AC DC bios.. I guess Anything is Possible.. Geezer Butler is 6ft tall Malcolm Young was 5" 3" . The odds of Malcolm knocking him out cold are pretty small

Malcolm being like 4'11 I have a hard time believing he could knock out anybody

Why would I Ike this. Nothing happened.

people saying one guy is 6 foot tall and the other is only 5 foot 3 so i doubt the lil guy knocked out the big guy obviously never got in a fight hahaha. size doesnt matter i seen lil guys kick big guys ass and vice versa its all in the punch lol

Both bands rock, why can't we get along for metal sake🤘

I bet Malcom knocked his ass out.

It's funny how none of these stories floated around while Malcolm was still alive to clarify them? Pound for pound in 1977, I'm betting AC/DC would have cleaned everyone's clocks day in and day out. You can NEVER underestimate those wiry small Aussies when they drink. Fuck that!

sabbath best band ever ...

I read that AC/DC was blowing Sabbath off the stage and that was why they dropped them from the tour???

Malcolm didnt take any shit

I believe Geezer Butler. Both bands were physically tough. Grew up in hard environments. Do you think for one minute Malcolm would get out of that hotel room alive if he put his hands on Geezer Butler? The road crew would have made a mess of him. Those who didn't know AC/DC got their butts kicked out by the Deep Purples Road crew in Australia. They had the balls to try and play through Deep Purples music equipment, lol. They were begging the crowd of Australian fans to help them as they were getting beat down like dogs. True story, look it up.

Yeh yeh yeh young was only a little man

Geezer Butler was Birmingham Irish ...and I know the Youngs were tough Glaswegian Scots, but honestly, I don't think Malcolm would have lasted long in a fight with him.

Most guys could K.O. either one of those shrimps with a bitch slap.

Bs, multiple people contradict this account and I find it hard to believe Malcolm could even hurt geezer let alone knock him out.

Geezer was a lot bigger than the scrappy Young Bros, who were both about as high as a German Shepherd. IMO the only way it would happen if Geezer was trashed or wasn't expecting it.

did Malcolm have to get on a step stool to hit Geezer ???

I often forget that ACDC are Aussies. Everyone else was British at this time so we lump them in.

Nothing here to see. I mean right here is a complete whiteout lol. I really can't see this event happening that way unless Malcolm took a cheap shot at Geezer. I've heard this story way too many times with variations to it. But one thing that is always consistent, is Malcolm approaching Geezer and Geezer is always sitting drinking.

Well were they kicked off the tour then?

Just think about it, in the 70's acdc in the USA weren't a big deal, and they were the support band for Black Sabbath, very much doubt he would of swung at Geezer

If you weren't there how do u know.

AC/DC were full of young, small Aussies that were really Scots, Sabbath with Brits. Of course AC/DC would kick their asses in a fight.

The story is different depending on whoever tells it. From flicking knife while drinking to a KO... WOW This folks, is how we got Jesus doing Miracles in the Bible although he probably did not do anything in the first place. Getting the attention is always easier with spectacular deeds.

Is a flick knife aka a butterfly knife?

I love both of them. I think Bon and Tony probably could fight well, though both were famously very nice. I love Geezer, but having a knife is pretty childish, pussy-ass. Particularly for a Scotsman. They grow up thinking hands are the only means. I think they just didn’t get along. Kind of sad, because the recollection of fans is that both bands consisted of the sweetest men. This is a professional confrontation based on each band’s performance, managers, staff, etc.

Doesn’t make sense to remove them from the tour of nothing happened. As unbelievable Malcolm knocking him out is it’s more believable than the idea they would remove the band from the door over a drunken comment like that. Doesn’t pass the smell test!

why the hell would you call acdc heavy metal? i stopped watching right there

I don't see malcum knocking anyone out. What did he weigh, 97 lbs soaking wet? Geezer is a cool dude. Any crap would been from malcum

If "no one got hurt" and it was as innocent as he says, then AC/DC wouldn't have been thrown off the tour.... not for a non incident. So I call bullshit on Gizza.

Malcolm was 10kg soaking wet ... I don't see him punching anything other than a clock.

I believe Geezer.